Battlefords News-Optimist

How did the end of March arrive so fast? Are you enjoying slight signs of spring in the air? Spring is often time for annual meetings.

HRL Georgina Schneider called St. Walburg Royal Purple March 10 meeting to order at 8 p.m. Members were informed Saskatchewan has 821 Royal Purple members and this year will be celebrating 100 years in Canada.

Between 6 a.m. Tuesday, March 25 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, March 26, Battlefords RCMP responded to approximately 20 calls for service/occurrences. Among those were two alarms, both false. Three false/nuisance 911 calls were also recorded. Tuesday 8:03 a.

If you haven't noticed, the City of North Battleford's main recreation facilities have been remarkably busy recently.

The budget deliberation process continues for the Town of Battleford.

There's a region in what used to be called Czechoslovakia called the Sudetenland that most people have never heard nor cared about except for one thing: in hindsight, events there were probably the biggest warning sign of an impending Second World Wa

An 18-year-old man is in police custody following an RCMP investigation of an assault with a weapon in the early morning hours of Wednesday. RCMP say a man was assaulted by several individuals at a home on the 1400 block of 111th Street.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has no patience for athletes who do not perform well. Word that the New York Yankees have made a $175 million investment, in Japanese pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, has Ed both impressed and depressed.

The sexual assault case against Harry Michael Dekker remains in mediation. The case has been adjourned again, this time until April 29 in provincial court in Saskatoon.

The accolades keep piling up for North Stars goaltender Michael Gudmandson. Gudmandson was named the 2013-14 SJHL most valuable player earlier this week.